PBS News Hour full episode, Dec. 10, 2025

Wednesday on the News Hour, Wednesday on the News Hour, the U.S. seizes an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela and escalates tensions with the Maduro regime, the Federal Reserve cuts interest rates again amid mixed economic data and more divisions within its own ranks and we look at one woman's journey to return home to Syria after the fall of the decades-long Assad dictatorship. WATCH TODAY’S SEGMENTS U.S. seizes oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela https://youtu.be/03rBVFd4ITA Federal Reserve cuts interest rates amid mixed economic data https://youtu.be/YW4xgvyd9Jg News Wrap: Judge halts National Guard deployments in LA https://youtu.be/JBx1jFvNKow Trump’s affordability speech turns into a rant on immigrants https://youtu.be/ursjG-6Wei0 Syrian filmmaker returns home after the fall of Assad regime https://youtu.be/qUch-6QLq88 Education Department ends student loan repayment plan https://youtu.be/2N3nbgMmXJA How political divisions are impacting people across the U.S. https://youtu.be/dJfsaZ4gjYI Watch PBS News for daily, breaking and live news, plus special coverage. We are home to PBS News Hour, ranked the most credible and objective TV news show. Sign up for Here's The Deal with Lisa Desjardins: https://to.pbs.org/41q6E8i Subscribe for exclusive content in our newsletters: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/subscribe PBS News podcasts: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/podcasts Stream your PBS favorites with the PBS app: https://to.pbs.org/2Jb8twG Find more from PBS News at https://www.pbs.org/newshour Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2HfsCD6 Follow us: TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@pbsnews X: http://www.twitter.com/newshour Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/newshour Facebook: http://www.pbs.org/newshour 00:00 - Intro 02:33 - Rising Tensions 08:33 - Cutting Rates 14:20 - News Wrap 20:11 - Trump’s Message 28:50 - Going Home 37:05 - Student Loans 43:58 - Crossroads 54:21 - Online + Goodnight